Famine caused by Global North emissions still devastating Madagascar. Global North media still paying little attention.
aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/23…
aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/23…
To clarify, greenhouse gas emissions led to the atmospheric conditions which which led to the drought which led to the crop failure.
But for crop failure to become a famine, the world's food distribution systems and disaster response have also got to fail - as they have here.
But for crop failure to become a famine, the world's food distribution systems and disaster response have also got to fail - as they have here.
Global poverty and government failure are what turned a drought into a famine.
World leaders could still solve this, and justice demands that they do.
World leaders could still solve this, and justice demands that they do.
"There's no such thing as a natural disaster" - Neil Smith. i.e. they are created by a failure of social systems.
items.ssrc.org/understanding-…
items.ssrc.org/understanding-…
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